Extreme Book Challenge Categories
Not sure what to read? Click each category for a carefully curated list of titles!
- A book published in 2025
- The final book in a series
- A book set in the future
- A debut book by a BIPOC author
- A friends-to-lovers romance
- A book published in the year of the horse
- An author’s magnum opus
- A book with a female protagonist that isn’t a romance
- A book set in a small town
- A book-to-screen adaptation
- A famous author’s most recent release
- A book about a healthcare worker
- A book of poems
- A book about Long Island
- A book with “library” in the title
- A book about climate or ecology
- A winner of the Edgar Award
- A book by an Asian American or Pacific Islander author
- A book by a Jewish American author
- A book with an immortal protagonist
- A book with a transgender or nonbinary protagonist
- A book with a yellow cover
- Read a book in a different format than you usually do
- A book with a lion on the cover
- A book with a color in the title
- A book that features the ocean
- A book with jewelry on the cover
- A book about an influencer
- A biography or autobiography
- A book with an omniscient narrator
- A genre blend
- A nonlinear novel
- A translated book
- A novel based on a true story
- An academic thriller
- A book with an unreliable narrator
- A book “blurbed” by an author you love
- A coming-of-age novel
- A book from ALA’s list of Banned Books
- A book that features a magician
- A book about witchcraft
- A book featuring the afterlife, ghosts, or spirits
- a Sci-Fi or Fantasy audiobook
- A nonfiction bestseller
- A locked-room mystery
- A book about food
- A book set in the winter
- A book published by an author under 30
- A book with less than 200 pages
- A book about your favorite holiday
- A book from one of last year’s challenge categories
- A book that fits into more than one other category
- A book recommended by a library staff member
- A book that you own but haven’t read yet
- A book you picked based on the firs tline
- A book found on a library display
- A book with a cover you don’t like
- A buddy read
- A book you meant to read last year
- A wilcard book

